SURREY — Police in Delhi say they have arrested the “prime conspirator” behind a series of extortion-linked shootings at a British Columbia café.

A statement from the department’s crime branch says 28-year-old Bandhu Maan Singh Sekhon fled to India after a crackdown by Surrey Police in which several of his associates were arrested.

Sekhon’s arrest was raised after a meeting about extortion crime between police and politicians in Surrey, B.C., where federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said he was aware of the arrest of an individual “allegedly involved with an act in British Columbia.”

The Delhi police statement alleges Sekhon was the strategist responsible for planning, executing and providing logistical support for three shootings at Kap’s Café, while other men pulled th

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